Trees, Shrubs and Vines 



4. Trumpet Flower. Trumpet Creeper. (Tecoma radicans.) 



LEAF: pinnate, opposite; leaflets, 7-1 1, coarsely serrate, 

 ovate to oval, base and apex pointed, 2'-$' long. FLOWER : 

 scarlet outside, orange inside (corolla funnel-form, 5-lobed), 2)4'-3 

 long, clustered ; June-August ; fruit a pod, s'-6' long, curved. 

 Pennsylvania to Illinois, and south ; cultivated ; climbing by 

 short rootlets ending in fiat disks ; woody stems. (PI. I.) 



5. Northern Fox-grape. (Vitis labrusca.) 



LEAF : 4'-6' wide, simple, alternate, serrate, variably lobed, 

 roundish, base cordate, very woolly both sides when young (as 

 also branchlets), continuing rusty woolly beneath. FLOWER : 

 greenish, small, clustered ; June ; berries large, purple or amber, 

 with musky flavor ; with clasping tendrils growing from branch ; 

 tendril or flower-cluster opposite every leaf ; in all other grapes, 

 intermittent ; eastward. (PI. I.) 



6. Summer Grape. (Vitis sestivalis.) 



LEAF : 4'-;' wide, simple, alternate, coarsely serrate, commonly 

 3-5-lobed, roundish, base cordate, downy beneath at first, then 

 smoothish and whitish. FLOWER : greenish, in long clusters ; 

 June ; berries small, black, with bloom ; tendrils from stalk. 

 (PI. I.) 



7. Winter Grape. Frost Grape. (Vitis cordifolia.) 



LEAF : 3'-$' wide, simple, alternate, coarsely serrate, often a 

 little 3-lobed, roundish, base cordate, apex sharp, green both 

 sides^ thin, ribs beneath usually hairy. FLOWER : in large, 

 loose clusters, very fragrant ; May, June ; berries small, black or 

 blue, with bloom, very sour until after frost ; tendrils from stalk. 



8. Southern Fox-grape. Muscadine. (Vitis rotundifolia.) 



LEAF : 2'-$' wide, simple, alternate, coarsely serrate, rarely 

 lobed (slightly), roundish, base cordate, glossy both sides. 

 FLOWER : in small dense clusters ; May ; berries large, musky, 

 purplish, no bloom, tough-skinned ; bark not "shreddy ' as in 

 other grapes. Maryland, west and south ; tendrils from stalk. 



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